Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about David Bowie, The Breeders, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, The Three O’Clock, Nine Inch Nails, Steve Kilbey, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Crime & The City Solution, The Replacements, The Wild Swans and more.
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013
The Breeders’ ‘Last Splash’ 7-disc vinyl box set to feature live album, demos, BBC sessions
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kurt Loder explores the Madchester scene — April 15, 1990
Video: Bob Mould rocks Jimmy Fallon, jams Hüsker Dü with Fred Armisen in New York
THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 2013
Stream: David Bowie, ‘The Next Day’ — listen to full new album for free on iTunes
Depeche Mode to debut ‘Delta Machine’ with ‘Letterman’ concert, Times Square broadcast
Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Psychocandy’ reissued on ‘paint splatter’ vinyl for Record Store Day
Vintage Video: The Go-Betweens on Australian TV show ‘Rock Arena’ — full 30-minute set
Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Crocodiles’ to be reissued on red vinyl for Record Store Day
Video: Johnny Marr and Ronnie Wood perform The Smiths’ ‘How Soon Is Now?’
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 2013
The Three O’Clock add L.A.-area, San Francisco club dates to Coachella reunion
Jimmy Kimmel mocks Morrissey, Moz blasts late-night show’s ‘overwhelming loss of meaning’
Video: Crime & The City Solution, ‘Goddess’ — opening track from ‘American Twilight’
TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 2013
Stream: The Replacements, ‘I’m Not Sayin” — new track from ‘Songs For Slim’ reunion EP
The Call reunites after 20 years with BRMC’s Robert Been filling in for late father
Beggars Archive launches new ‘5 Albums’ box sets with Love and Rockets, Gary Numan
The Church’s Steve Kilbey writing songs with Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs
Beat Delete: Labels launch Kickstarter-like site to bring lost vinyl ‘back into the world’
MONDAY, FEB. 25, 2013
Morrissey refuses to appear on Kimmel with ‘animal serial killers’ from ‘Duck Dynasty’
Video: David Bowie, ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’ — second single from ‘The Next Day’
Morrissey reschedules, expands U.S. tour — will be on road at same time as Johnny Marr
Trent Reznor resurrects Nine Inch Nails for U.S. arena tour, concerts worldwide
Alison Moyet announces extensive U.K. tour for ‘the minutes,’ but U.S. shows unlikely
Contest: Win a copy of ‘Songs That Saved Your Life: The Art of The Smiths 1982-87’
Wild Swans reissues: Occultation Recordings seeks fan input for upcoming vinyl editions
New releases: Johnny Marr, KMFDM, Kirsty MacColl, Fine Young Cannibals, The Sound
SUNDAY, FEB. 24, 2013
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/24/13)
